Long Island Sound Citizens Summit a Success!
Over 90 participants spent a productive day discussing how to preserve Long Island Sound into the future
Category: Hypoxia & the Dead Zone
Guest Post: Citizens Summit builds on work of Clean Water / Jobs Coalition
David J. Miller, creator of Listen to the Sound and the Clean Water Jobs Coalition, details the history of nitrogen reduction in Long Island Sound and important collaborations still active today.
Press Release: Save the Sound Grades NY Sewage Treatment Plants
Save the Sound Grades New York’s Sewage Treatment Plants Plants Must Reduce Nitrogen to Long Island Sound by 2017 to Heal Dead Zone
For oxygen in the Sound, which is more important: the size of a sewage plant or its location?
The answer may surprise you.
What’s the Prognosis for Long Island Sound’s Fish? We Asked the Doctor
Several factors causing major issues in Long Island Sound.
Mussels and seaweed have the potential to help clean up Long Island Sound
While communities are investing heavily to upgrade sewage treatment plants and keep nitrogen out of Long Island Sound, researchers are studying whether mussels and kelp might be effective in removing it once it gets there.
Fridays in the Field #5: Dr. Syma Ebbin of CT Sea Grant & UConn Avery Point
Dr. Ebbin discusses nitrogen, overfishing, and the need for better management practices.
2013 Water Quality: Improved But Still Not Great Off Westchester and Nassau
The results are in: compared to last year, the summer of 2013 on Long Island Sound wasn’t so bad for marine life. Water quality as measured by dissolved oxygen improved over the dismal conditions in 2012 and only a relatively small area saw drastically low dissolved readings.